Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in one small nation lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made up of refugees from syria. Iran wields huge influence in lebanon thanks to its sponsorship of the militant Group Hezbollah, and israel has a long history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is lebanons foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict, and your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we are repeatedly aggressed by israeli violations of Un Resolution 1701.
Hamas Militant Group intensifying as lebanons hezbollah Militant Group joins in on the action. Hezbollah claiming responsibility for Firing Dozens of rockets and shells at three israeli positions in a disputed area Sunday Morning along the countrys border with syria. Hezbollah says it was in solidarity with the palestinian resistance, as the group says, israeli positions were directly hit. Israel reportedly fired back at lebanese areas. Still not clear if anyone there was hurt or killed. Shebaa farms was captured by israel from syria during the 1967 mideast war, but lebanon considers it, and the nearby Kfar Shuba Hills as lebanese territory. This is all coming just one day after hamas unleashed a barrage of rockets and a violent Ground Assault into israel. At least 300 civilians were killed in that attack, including at least 26 Israeli Soldiers. Dozens of israelis were also reportedly taken hostage into gaza as tensions continued to intensify by israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah
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